by Bonnie Hammond | Sep 23, 2015 | Craspedia, In Memory, Rescue Stories
It took just a moment to fall in love with him, but it will take a lifetime to forget him. We met Craspedia in a field, a tall handsome fellow with a kind eye who stood calmly and quietly while we said hello to him. His owner had contacted us a few days before,...
by Bonnie Hammond | Sep 1, 2015 | Portland, Rescue Stories
We never truly know how much time we’ll have with the ones we love. We give our hearts to our animals, knowing that chances are good that we’ll end up outliving them and having to face saying goodbye. It’s a risk that most animal lovers are willing to take, grief...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jul 2, 2015 | Rescue Stories
There is a reason that we celebrate the small victories and fairytale endings here at SAFE: keeping our focus on the positive aspects of the work we do gives us the strength and energy to keep doing that work. Because in between the amazing transformations and the...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 11, 2012 | Brandy, Bud, Rescue Stories
Yesterday in King County Superior Court, a jury returned a guilty verdict on two counts of felony animal cruelty against the woman who starved and neglected Bud and Brandy. Here is their story. The call came late on a Sunday afternoon in February…two elderly...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 10, 2012 | Oscar, Rescue Stories
Oscar came to SAFE as a stallion, one of 16 horses seized from a breeding operation by Pierce County Animal Control in Dec 2011. Oscar had been starved and badly neglected. As a breeding stallion, he’d lived a life of isolation and was aggressive and “studdish”...
by Bonnie Hammond | Sep 19, 2012 | Dexter, Rescue Stories
This will not be an easy post to write. I’ve already made four or five attempts to get started, writing tired cliches…like “Letting a horse go is never easy” or “We know we can’t save them all” …and then hitting the delete key. Staring at an empty page. And finally...
